Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - September 2, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 2, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
7.A better plan – finally – to stop game hunters8 letters9.Bears controlling hunger – they eat carrion6 letters10.Crew fitting angle brackets4 letters11.Just dread spending days working in dark10 letters12.Rogue bully by boxing ring6 letters14.Two nurses ignoring half of my request8 letters15.Become the best by baking bread or a little rock cake6 letters17.See 156 letters20.Watches musical’s opening night – that’s when these things shine!8 letters22.Live in Le Mans – and the VW?6 letters23.Cartoon dog bites old woman clutching cat food in tins?10 letters24.Large hole in one tie4 letters25.Part of stag party in strip club getting wrecked in just seconds6 letters26.Drive a good line in test of acceleration8 letters
Down
1.Combat manoeuvres – keeping watch regularly in caves?8 letters2.Tight biceps after lifting4 letters3.Question weaker body? Try exercising. (One probably sits with a computer all day)6 letters4.This suggests he took bat for discipline8 letters5.Imagine taking group of drivers north on M1 to see Coral’s relative?10 letters6.Keep everything in pathetic pocketbook6 letters8.Tesla isn’t working with NYC borough6 letters13.Mother might express this clumsily – be smart and kind10 letters16.See 38 letters18.Refinement represented Cecil Day …8 letters19.See 86 letters21.… Lewis’s character – conclusively yet obliquely6 letters22.See 46 letters24.Decide to swap hands and draw4 letters
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